Device for cutting corn



(No Model.)

S. O. GROSS.

DEVICE FOR CUTTING GORN. N0.'391,738. Patented Oct. 23, 1888.

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Ilmrnn STATES SOLOMON O. CROSS, OF SEDGWICK, KANSAS.

DEVICE FOR CUTTIING CORN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,738, dated October23, 1888.

Application filed March 7, 1888. Serial No. 266,416. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON O. Gaoss, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sedgwick, in the county of Harvey and State of Kansas, .haveinvented new and useful Im provements in Devices for Cutting Coin, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for cutting corn; and itconsists in certain novel features, hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,which fully illustrate my invention, Figurel is a perspective view of a shoe having my improved dcvice appliedthereto. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the device detached from the. shoe.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a shoe of ordinaryform, and B is my improved corn-cutting device secured thereto.

In carrying out my invention I employ a metallic plate, 0, which is bentgradually upward, as at D, and then sharply downward, forming ashoulder, E, so as to conform to the shape of the bottom of the shoe, asshown. Through the rear portion of this base-plate (7, I pass twoscrews, I into the heel of the shoe to secure the plate thereto, andthrough the larger forward portion of the plate I pass the retainingscrews G, to secure the same to the sole of the shoe.

'In order to prevent the weight of the plate tearing the screws out andto render the fast ening more secure, I provide the strap H, which issecured to the opposite edges of the sole portion of the base-plate andpasses across the toe of the shoe. 0n the opposite side edges of thesole portion of the plate I form the sockets I I, in which I rigidlysecure the rear ends of the supporting-arms J J, which extend forwardpast the toe of the shoe. K designates the cuttingknifewhich is securedto the front ends of the arms J J, as shown.

In practice the user of my device wears the shoe in the ordinary manner,and, as he walks along the rows, gives the cornstalks a sharp blow withthe knife, thereby severing the same.

It will be seen that the device is very simple and efficient, and thatby its use one man can cut and gather the corn, cutting it with his footand carrying it with his hands and arms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

The herein-described device for cutting corn, comprising a base-plateconforming in shape to the bottom of a shoe and havinga shoulder, E, tofit against the front edge of the heel, and provided with sockets I I onthe opposite edges of its front portion, the forward projectingsupporting-arms secured in said sockets, the knife secured to the frontends of said arms, the strap secured transversely to the forward portionof the base-plate, and the screws passed through the rear portion of theplate into the heel of the shoe, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

SOLOMON G. GROSS.

Witnesses:

W. A. GIFFIN, W. G. SIRK.

